Albino deer makes an appearance in Columbia backyard

COLUMBIA - Deer often walk through Sharon Kinden’s half-acre yard on
West Stewart Road. Even though she doesn't live far from downtown Columbia, the creek running
through her backyard attracts wildlife.

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We had one of these in San Diego for several years until he was hit by a truck. This was in a high residential area but access to wildlands along the canyon slopes near a highly traveled hiway.Cool photos of this little guy here in Columbia!

Sugar, as we call it, is not albino. Albino deer have pink eyes and Sugar has dark eyes. White deer are 1 in 30,000 and two have been seen near Perch Creek and Chapel Hill...and Twin Lakes some time ago until a hunter got it. Albino deer are one in a million. http://www.mahalo.com/albino-deer

We call its momma Spice. Closeup of Sugar attached...or available if newspaper wants it in pdf format. Frankly, we sent pictures to another editor weeks ago and asked that they not be published. A curse upon any who would harass Sugar!

My 15-year-old, Josh Montaigu, took a few good pictures of the deer on Friday, September 25 showing it to be a button buck...the buttons appearing very recently. We saw the white fawn the weekend prior to that on Saturday and Sunday and did not notice the development of button-sized antlers on the top of its head.We've called it Sugar because we didn't know if it was male or female...and it looks so sweet. Perhaps another name is appropriate...although Sugar is still good. Casper comes to mind.